2018
Genomewide Association Study of Alcohol Dependence and Related Traits in a Thai Population
Gelernter J, Zhou H, Nuñez YZ, Mutirangura A, Malison RT, Kalayasiri R. Genomewide Association Study of Alcohol Dependence and Related Traits in a Thai Population. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2018, 42: 861-868. PMID: 29460428, PMCID: PMC5916336, DOI: 10.1111/acer.13614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomewide association studiesAssociation studiesRisk genesAldehyde dehydrogenase 2Prior biological informationAfrican ancestry populationsRelated traitsSame geneBiological informationAlcohol dehydrogenasesSignificant pleiotropyDehydrogenase BGenesFunctional variantsPsychiatric traitsGenomewide significant associationPleiotropy analysisTraitsAncestry populationsFirst genomewide association studyPleiotropyDehydrogenase 2Null variants
2017
Genomewide association studies of suicide attempts in US soldiers
Stein MB, Ware EB, Mitchell C, Chen C, Borja S, Cai T, Dempsey CL, Fullerton CS, Gelernter J, Heeringa SG, Jain S, Kessler RC, Naifeh JA, Nock MK, Ripke S, Sun X, Beckham JC, Kimbrel NA, VA Mid‐Atlantic Mental Illness Research E, Ursano RJ, Smoller JW. Genomewide association studies of suicide attempts in US soldiers. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2017, 174: 786-797. PMID: 28902444, PMCID: PMC5685938, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicide attemptsPlausible susceptibility geneGlobal public health problemPeak SNPPolygenic risk score analysisPublic health problemGenomewide association studiesSignificant SNPsSignificant lociGenetic risk factorsLogistic regression modelsUS military personnelAncestral groupsAssociation studiesGenomewide associationRecent suicide attemptersSusceptibility genesRisk factorsAdrenal cortexCase-control sampleRisk score analysisAncestral subgroupsLarger sample sizeBipolar disorderHealth problemsGenomewide Association Study of Alcohol Dependence Identifies Risk Loci Altering Ethanol‐Response Behaviors in Model Organisms
Adkins AE, Hack LM, Bigdeli TB, Williamson VS, McMichael GO, Mamdani M, Edwards AC, Aliev F, Chan RF, Bhandari P, Raabe RC, Alaimo JT, Blackwell GG, Moscati A, Poland RS, Rood B, Patterson DG, Walsh D, Consortium C, Whitfield JB, Zhu G, Montgomery GW, Henders AK, Martin NG, Heath AC, Madden PAF, Frank J, Ridinger M, Wodarz N, Soyka M, Zill P, Ising M, Nöthen MM, Kiefer F, Rietschel M, Consortium T, Gelernter J, Sherva R, Koesterer R, Almasy L, Zhao H, Kranzler HR, Farrer LA, Maher BS, Prescott CA, Dick DM, Bacanu SA, Mathies LD, Davies AG, Vladimirov VI, Grotewiel M, Bowers MS, Bettinger JC, Webb BT, Miles MF, Kendler KS, Riley BP. Genomewide Association Study of Alcohol Dependence Identifies Risk Loci Altering Ethanol‐Response Behaviors in Model Organisms. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2017, 41: 911-928. PMID: 28226201, PMCID: PMC5404949, DOI: 10.1111/acer.13362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModel organismsGenomewide association studiesLoss of functionAssociation studiesPrimate-specific genesAcute functional toleranceOrthologous genesCaenorhabditis elegansSuggestive signalsOrthologsExpression differencesGene expressionCOL6A3 expressionGenesAlcohol dependenceNucleus accumbensKLF12 expressionSuggestive associationElegansCOL6A3AD liabilityPotential involvementMultiple brain functionsEtOH sensitivityKLF12
2013
Exploring the genetic architecture of alcohol dependence in African-Americans via analysis of a genomewide set of common variants
Yang C, Li C, Kranzler HR, Farrer LA, Zhao H, Gelernter J. Exploring the genetic architecture of alcohol dependence in African-Americans via analysis of a genomewide set of common variants. Human Genetics 2013, 133: 617-624. PMID: 24297757, PMCID: PMC3988209, DOI: 10.1007/s00439-013-1399-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsPhenotypic varianceGenetic architectureSubset of SNPsTop single nucleotide polymorphismsKb of genesCommon variantsAD risk genesCommon single nucleotide polymorphismsGenome partitioningGenomewide association studiesPolygenic traitChromosome 4Illumina OmniAssociation studiesRisk genesGenetic variantsGenomewide setComplex psychiatric disorderGenesFunctional partitioningMultiple variantsGenetic factorsDevelopment of ADVariants